Monthly Archives: January 2008

We were supposed to be on our way to Nanning this morning, but because of the bad weather in the surrounding areas, we can't get there due to road closures. We're hoping to head out tomorrow, but who knows what's going … Continue reading →

Hello!!!! Our little tiny, awesome hotel/hostel room in Yangshuo has Internet which makes me very very happy!! The trip down south is going well, albeit it's friggin' cold as Dante's seventh level of hell. Rain was forecast for this whole … Continue reading →

Niels and I are off for about three weeks for our Spring Festival vacation. You can't buy round trip train tickets so we don't know for sure when we'll be back. The weather forecast is still crappy, much to my … Continue reading →

Niels and I are going on holiday starting Monday. We decided that instead of working a language camp or sitting around and doing nothing during the Spring Festival holiday, we'd take a real vacation, because we deserve it and if … Continue reading →

Our kitchen doesn't have heat, which isn't so bad during the day, but at night, not so much fun, I'm grateful that we've a kitchen door otherwise our apartment would be a lot colder than it already is. (Our radiators … Continue reading →

Squid was on sale this week for a ridiculously low price so we picked ourselves up some… and it was oh so delicious.

In case you haven't heard, or have been living under a rock the past couple years, China's going to be holding the Olympics this August. (note sarcasm). And during the time leading up to the Olympics the CCP has been … Continue reading →

I learned how to play mah jong on New Year's Eve and am itching to go out and buy a set. Of course you need four people to play and we only regularly get together with one of the other … Continue reading →